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Read More »AMD launches new Wraith cooler and new processors
A few weeks ago, AMD began showing off its new CPU cooler known as the Wraith, which was set to offer much quieter operating temperatures compared to current stock cooler solutions. Now, the Wraith is finally making its way out into the world, alongside some new processors, including the A10-7860K …
Read More »Antec launches Kühler H2O H600 PRO and H1200 PRO AIO coolers
This month, Antec launched two new brand new all-in-one liquid cooling units, the Kühler H2O H600 PRO and H1200 PRO, offering improved performance and a durable design to boot. New components include a larger copper base place, a high-precision radiator and better pump pressure, allowing for quieter operation during normal …
Read More »Google still planning to begin building its own Nexus phones
Back in November last year, word began to spread that Google was considering building its own Nexus smartphones going forward and while some rumours point towards HTC building the 2016 Nexus devices, Google may take the reins next year in a move to challenge Apple more directly in the high-end …
Read More »Single-player shooter campaigns can take up 75% of budget
A common theme seems to be spreading when it comes to first person shooters in the last couple of years- they are starting to ditch campaigns. With notable examples being Evolve, Star Wars: Battlefront, Titanfall and Rainbow Six: Siege. It would also seem that Gears of War creator, Cliff Bleszinski …
Read More »Apple to announce 4-inch iPhone and iPad Air 3 on March 15
While rumours have been pointing towards the announcements of Apple's new 4-inch iPhone and a new 10-inch iPad for a while, we didn't have an exact date until now. According to a new report released this week, Apple will be holding an event on the 15th of March, at which …
Read More »Nintendo is also looking in to VR
If you have been following VR development over the years, then you may know that back in the 90's Nintendo tried to bring virtual reality to the masses with the Virtual Boy. The console didn't take off and things on the VR front went quiet for many years. However, the …
Read More »BT is facing a broadband outage across the UK
If you happen to have BT as your ISP here in the UK, then you may find yourself having connection troubles today as the provider is currently facing outages across the country, which are currently affecting both business and home broadband customers. According to the Down Detector chart, more than …
Read More »EA and Ubisoft butting heads over ‘Ghost’ trademark
Ubisoft and EA are currently having a bit of a legal squabble over a trademark to the word ‘Ghost'. EA applied to trademark the word last year for its Ghost Games studio, which works on Need for Speed. However, Ubisoft isn't too fond of this as the publisher believes it …
Read More »The Fine Bros to give up trademarks and release Content ID claims
The last few days haven't been great for The Fine Bros. Towards the end of last week, the YouTube channel announced ‘React World' a way for other channels to buy a license to use the ‘React' name in their own videos and series. This didn't go down well and led …
Read More »AMD launches driver update for Rise of the Tomb Raider
Following on from the game's initial release last Friday, AMD has launched a new Radeon Software driver update to bring some specific optimizations for the game as well as a CrossFire profile for mutli-GPU users. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a Nvidia-backed title, so the green team managed to …
Read More »The !nverse case brings high-end PC gaming to console sizes
Back last year, Valve began trying to bring PC gaming to the masses with the launch of Steam Machines, tiny console-sized Linux-based gaming systems. However, a lot of PC gamers still prefer to build their own systems though there can be a lack of truly console-sized cases with the features …
Read More »YouTube channel loses over 200K subs after trying to trademark ‘React’
The Fine Brothers have had a bit of a rough weekend and the PR nightmare isn't slowing down at all. The pair have one of the biggest channels on YouTube and are responsible for several series of ‘reaction' style videos showing people of different ages reacting to things like Netflix …
Read More »Bethesda to host another E3 conference this year
Last year, Bethesda held its first ever E3 conference and it brought some huge announcements along with it, including the reveals of Fallout 4 and Dishonoured 2 as well as a release date for DOOM. Thanks to the success of last year's keynote, it looks like the studio is set …
Read More »Handheld Steam Machine Kickstarter to return
Back in 2014, the Steam Boy was revealed and was set to be the first handheld Steam Machine, allowing PC gamers to play some of their games on the go or stream more demanding titles from a desktop. Then last year, the project was renamed the ‘Smach Z' and put …
Read More »First official images of Galaxy S7 leak ahead of 21st of Feb announcement
We now know that the Samsung Galaxy S7 will be launching on the 21st of February as the device maker has begun sending out invites for its event. Alongside this, the very first official images of the smartphone have leaked, so we know exactly what the phone will look like …
Read More »Google Chrome is set to get a redesign
Ever since Android Lollipop, Google has been moving towards a new ‘material design' with its software and now, it looks like Google Chrome will be following in that same direction over on the desktop. Screenshots of the redesigned version of Chrome began popping up over the weekend, showing off little …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider PC Game analysis
Back in 2013, the Tomb Raider reboot impressed us all on the PC side with its graphical features- the game even went on to become one of our ‘go to‘ benchmarks for GPU reviews. Now, after a brief stint as a Xbox exclusive, the sequel ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider' …
Read More »EA wants to regain the trust of PC gamers
Plenty of PC gamers out there have had their issues with EA. The publisher has come out with unfinished games, implemented microtransactions into single player content and in some cases, just treated the PC platform as secondary to consoles. However, EA has made a bit of a turn around since …
Read More »AUO to release two ultra-wide 3440×1440 144Hz monitors this year
With ultra-wide monitors becoming more and more popular, display manufacturers have been working hard to increase things like resolution and refresh rate in order to get gamers interested. Now, we are finally at a point where 3440×1440 ultra-wide monitors with 144Hz refresh are a viable option and we should have …
Read More »Microsoft Edge private browsing could use some tweaking
Alongside the launch of Windows 10 last year, Microsoft also came out with a brand new browser, Edge, to take over from Internet Explorer. Since this is a modern browser, it does have a private browsing mode, unfortunately, it seems that Edge still continues to record your browsing data anyway …
Read More »Google wants lawyer that leaked financial numbers to face sanctions
Google is fighting off a lawsuit from Oracle right now and recently, some interesting bits of information came to light as a direct result. One of Oracle's lawyers made information regarding Android and Google's financial deal with Apple public and as you can imagine- Google isn't too happy about that. …
Read More »US Patent Office will not grant Sony the Let’s Play trademark
A few weeks ago, it was discovered that Sony was in the process of trying to trademark the term ‘Let's Play', despite the fact that it is a generic term used by the gaming community at large. At first, the US Patent and Trademark Office told Sony that it would …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider trailer shows off PC graphical features
Rise of the Tomb Raider launches on the PC today and many are wondering if the sequel will be able to live up to the same standard as the 2013 Tomb Raider game in terms of the PC port. Fortunately, things are looking pretty good, as a new trailer for …
Read More »iPad Air 3 to have 4K screen, may launch in March
In October last year, Apple introduced the iPad Pro, giving the iPad Air 2 another year in the spotlight as the company's leading 10-inch tablet. However, it looks like it could be replaced quite soon as supply chain sources are claiming that the iPad Air 3 could be coming as …
Read More »Here’s a list of 12 games at the Steam VR Showcase today
With Valve set to enter the VR world in just a few months time with the launch of the HTC Vive, the company has decided to set up a developer showcase to give exposure to several developers currently making games for SteamVR. The event is set to kick off today …
Read More »Nvidia launches GameReady driver for Tomb Raider and Division beta
With Rise of the Tomb Raider set to launch on the PC in less than 24 hours time and Tom Clancy's The Division beta set to take place over the weekend, Nvidia has gone ahead and launched a Game Ready driver with some last minute optimizations for both titles. Aside …
Read More »Indonesia’s biggest telecom is blocking Netflix access
Shortly after Netflix's worldwide rollout, the company has arrived at its first hurdle as the largest telecom company in Indonesia is going to begin blocking access to the service due to the content available on it. The company is known as Telkom and as the Wall Street Journal reports, it …
Read More »Bethesda should be ready to talk about Fallout 4 mod tools ‘soon’
Back in November, Bethesda launched Fallout 4 and while many people on the PC side have already made decent mods, we are still waiting on Bethesda to release its official tools, which are due out early this year. Fortunately, it sounds like Bethesda might be ready to talk about Fallout …
Read More »Apple’s Safari browser seems to be having issues on iOS and OS X
It looks like iOS and Mac OS X users are facing issues with the Safari browser today as the software seems to be repeatedly crashing for a lot of users when trying to make a search through the address bar. On the iOS side, this seems to be affecting users …
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